Scientists have unveiled a new device that can be incorporated into menstrual pads and may someday be helpful for screening for diseases like ovarian cancer. The light-weight device looks for disease ...

From endometriosis and cervical cancer, to diabetes, vitamin D deficiency and pollution exposure, scientists are finding ...

Researchers at Virginia Tech say they have developed a menstrual pad with a special formula that allows blood to turn to gel. Photo by Jenise Jacques for Virginia Tech Researchers at Virginia Tech say ...

There have been recent studies which reveal how period blood can be a valuable source for early detection of serious health risks like diabetes and cancer. Menstrual blood offers a non-invasive way to ...

About two decades ago, a certain green-juice-loving tech mogul convinced the world that a single drop of blood processed inside an inscrutable black box dubbed Edison would be the revolution of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Passively self-collected menstrual blood for the detection of HPV showed results that were highly ...

There's good news for anyone who menstruates and doesn't like the needles involved in blood testing. In January 2024, the biotechnology research company Qvin won FDA approval for their Q-Pad product—a ...

Testing period blood for human papillomavirus (HPV) could be a “robust alternative or replacement” for a smear test, researchers have said. Using a regular sanitary pad topped with a blood sample ...